So, in your experience, would you say a Bushhawk is better than a monopod, or roughly similar in how steady it is?

I mostly use a monopod to hold a weight. It allows me to keep a long lens pointed in an action zone. The Buskhawk isn't like that. Its use is more when you don't know where the action is going to be. It's steadier for me with a long lens than just hand holding, and it is also easier to quickly put the lens on target, than with the setup on a monopod, when we're talking 1-2° FOV lenses.